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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The Italian architect started his eponymous practice in 1992, after working in the office of Renzo Piano for a few years; that experience is evident in the Piano-esque nature of the sketches scattered throughout Building Green Futures as well as in a clear focus on sustainability in architecture.

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Ideally, a case study delves into the meaning and other aspects of a building rather than just documenting it. Perhaps the most well known case studies are from Phaidon's "Architecture in Detail" series from the 1990s, when a few-dozen buildings were documented in photographs, drawings, and critical essays.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Letters of an Architect: Lessons from my Best Projects

Community Architect

As a step towards the schematic design refinements, my boss had prepared 6' long pencil-drawn and marker-colored large-scale wall sections on narrow sketch paper strips that showed how everything should fit together. Such sketches are what I recommend my students to prepare if they want to test if they really understand their own design.

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The 50 Best Architecture Books

The Architect's Guide

World Architecture: The Masterworks. Modern Architecture Since 1900 Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design. By Will Pryce.

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The numerous buildings, projects, exhibitions, articles, lectures, and other artifacts informing Caruso St John's work are presented in seven chapters, most of them pairs: "History and the Modern," "Greece and Rome," "Chicago and Milan," "Competitions," "Thomas Demand," "Switzerland," "Art and Money."

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